Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-lall.

Purple meadow-rue (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Thalictrum

Characteristics

Stems erect, stout, 40-150(-200) cm. Leaves chiefly cauline; basal and proximal cauline petiolate, distal cauline leaves sessile or nearly so; petioles and rachises glabrous or occasionally pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular. Leaf blade: basal and proximal cauline 3-5×-ternately compound; leaflets brownish green to dark green or bright green, ovate to cuneate-obovate, apically undivided or 2-3(-5)-lobed, 15-60 × 8-45 mm, length 0.9-2.6 times width, usually leathery with veins prominent abaxially, margins often revolute, lobe margins entire, surfaces abaxially usually pubescent and/or papillose (i.e., with very minute sessile glands). Inflorescences panicles, apically ± acutely pyramidal, many flowered; peduncles and pedicels usually glabrous, rarely pubescent or stipitate-glandular. Flowers usually unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; sepals 4(-6), whitish, lanceolate, 3-5 mm; filaments white to purplish, filiform, scarcely dilated distally, 2-6.5 mm, flexible; anthers 1-3.6(-4) mm, usually strongly apiculate. Achenes numerous, sessile or nearly sessile; stipe 0-1.1 mm; body ovoid to fusiform, 2-4.6 mm, prominently veined, usually pubescent and/or glandular; beak often dehiscent as fruit matures, ± straight, filiform, 1.5-4.7(-6) mm, about as long as achene body.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.95 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses incense medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Gastrointestinal Aid (leaf), Febrifuge (root), Dermatological Aid (seed), Veterinary Aid (seed), Gastrointestinal Aid (seed), Hunting Medicine (seed), Love Medicine (seed), Love Medicine (unspecified), Veterinary Aid (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Snuff(Veterinary) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Thalictrum dasycarpum habit picture by PT (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Thalictrum dasycarpum leaf picture by PT (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Thalictrum dasycarpum flower picture by PT (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thalictrum dasycarpum world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714364-1
WFO ID wfo-0000453968
COL ID 5626R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Thalictrum dasycarpum Thalictrum hypoglaucum Thalictrum nortonii Leucocoma dasycarpa Thalictrum albens Thalictrum perpensum Thalictrum wightianum Thalictrum dasycarpum var. hypoglaucum Thalictrum dasycarpum f. hypoglaucum Thalictrum dasycarpum var. dasycarpum Thalictrum purpurascens var. dasycarpum Thalictrum rugosum var. umbelliferum